So, uh, that whole posting weekly thing... not going to happen. Its just not. I procrastinate TO THE EXTREME. So, yeah, thanks for all the support. I know last chapter was rushed, and I hope this one does not seem rushed as well. So, as always, review with your favourite line. It helps me know what you like, so that I can put more of it in. Speaking of which, if anybody has any useful tips, share them! And don't forget to comment your favourite quote from the chapter!
I grin, and follow Kyle in to the forest. I jog to catch up with his fast paced walk. I turn to him and say,
"Don't like the puns? Don't worry, I wont make many more. I just exhausted most of my supply."
He turned to me and grinned.
"No, the puns were great. I was more astonished by the fact that you, someone who seems to be a veteran puner, was making skeleton puns. I love puns, but they make no sense out of context."
I silently cursed myself. He was right! An out of context pun was just a strange remark, not really a pun at all. I had forgotten that I was now a human, and not a skeleton. I decided that the awkward science had gone on long enough, and decided to ask a few questions.
"So, uhh, any information about you I might need? Favourite colour, best friend, secret power that could destroy the world, ya know, those kinds of things." I asked him, grinning as usual.
He stopped walking, and turned to me.
"I guess we never really did get through introductions. My name is Kyle Yiros. I use a large double handed sword that doubles as a sniper rifle for my weapon. And you?" he replied.
I slowly whistled as he showed me the sword.
"That's one nice sword you got there. As for me, well, my name is Sans. I don't really have a last name. For a weapon, I use my ma- my semblance." I replied, almost saying that I used my magic. That would have taken a bit of explaining.
Kyle narrowed his eyes eyes slightly, but didn't comment on the slip up. He held out his hand for me to shake, and I took it. Darn, I thought to myself, should have brought a whoopee cushion. We continued walking, until we found ourselves in a large clearing with ruins in the middle. Inside those ruins, there were pedestals, each with a chess piece on top. We walked over, and I grabbed the white king piece. I glanced over to Kyle to make sure he was fine with my choice of relic, and he nodded.
"Well, that was easier than I expect-" I was promptly cut off by pure and utter chaos. 1 person ran in, being chased by a deathstalker, 1 dropped from a nevermore flying above me- oh, yeah, I forgot to mention. There is a nevermore flying above me- and was intercepted midair by somebody flying out of the woods at high speeds. Two ride in on an Ursa, which promptly died, and Blake and Yang ran in. Nothing was chasing them, they just ran in. Welp, I jinxed us. Now, who to fight, who to fight... Ill start with the deathstalker. I tap Kyle's arm, and motion for him to follow me. He nods, and we both run at the scorpion Grimm. I stop a few meters from the Grimm, having little to no close range weaponry. Kyle, on the other hand, had lots of close range weaponry. So, he kept running, and pulled his sword out from its sheathe. I thought about shooting the deathstalker with bones, but decided against it. I wanted to see all of these people in action, to gauge their strengths and weaknesses. I stood back and watched the battle unfold. The two people who rode in on the Ursa joined the one being chased by the deathstalker, along with Kyle. I watched as one of the girls takes out a huge hammer, jumps up, and tries to smash the deathstalker in the head with it.. It doesn't work, and the girl is flung back. Kyle races towards the beast with somebody, Ren I think, and tries to land a few hits in. His sword merely glances off the thick bone armour, and they have to retreat to avoid being impaled by the spiked barb on the end of the deathstalkers tail. They have a conversation that I can't hear, and then all but one of them rush the thing. Pyrrha, stays back, and while the best is distracted, throws her shield at its tail, cutting the deadly barb off. I nodded in approval. Removing its main weapon will certainly help them in the coming fight. It roars in pain and anger, and all four of them attack at once. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Jaun stumble out of the forest, only to be intercepted by some more Grimm.
He can probably take them on I think to myself before turning back to the fight. The girl with the hammer hits the Grimm on the head, and the it it momentarily stunned. Somehow, and explosion goes off underneath the Grimm, damaging its exposed stomach and blowing off 2 of its legs. Now slow, due to the loss of two legs, it becomes an easy target for Ren and Pyrrha. They both sprint at the Grimm, and together, they slash its stomach open, killing it.
"That was an impressive display, taking down a Deathstalker." I say, lazily walking forward with a grin on my face.
"Yeah, thanks for the help with that." Kyle says sarcastically, glaring at me.
The others turned, and were surprised to see me standing there. Kyle shook his head at me, and turned to the others.
"Come on, lets got our pieces and get out of here.:, he said. I nodded, and turned to the "relics" standing on the pedestals.